Slideron March 27th, 2010Comments Off on Not sure what peer-based programs are?

Peer-based youth programs are diverse and include peer education, peer mentoring and peer support. Their common feature is the active participation and involvement of peers to enhance well-being and influence positive development among young people.

Slideron March 26th, 2010Comments Off on Don’t know if a peer-based program is appropriate?

Before implementing a peer-based program it is important to reflect on your organisational culture and experience, your target group, how you will define a ‘peer’ and whether you’ve got the resources to effectively run a peer-based program.

Slideron March 25th, 2010Comments Off on Wanting to implement a peer-based program?

There is a lot to think about when running peer-based programs including maintaining a safe space for young people, recruiting, training and supporting the peer supporters, ensuring meaningful youth participation and ethical practice.

Slideron March 24th, 2010Comments Off on Need support in evaluating your peer-based program?

Though evaluation is important it can be difficult to implement effectively with limited resources and with at risk populations. The My-Peer Toolkit contains an evaluation framework and tools designed specifically for peer-based youth programs.

Summary

The Camp Evaluation Questionnaire is an online questionnaire designed to be completed by young people who have attended a camp or retreat. The tool can be modified to suit local program requirements and needs.

Summary

The Camp Participant Monitoring Tool has been specifically designed for camp or retreat-based programs and has been tested within a peer support camp for young people. This tool collects data for each individual attending camp, enables consolidation of data at a group level and allows analysis of trends over several camps or retreats.

Summary

The Collaborator Feedback Tool is designed for programs which involve a number of collaborating agency partners to implement the program. The tool provides a brief method for collecting some standardised feedback from partner agencies.

Summary

The Constructing a Program Logic Model Tool provides a set of questions which program coordinators may use as a basic survey to obtain information needed to construct a program logic model. The questionnaire can be used either by distributing it to the project team members and stakeholders, or by utilising the questions to guide a group discussion in a workshop.